A study of bottom sediment samples from Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, provides a basis for establishing their major depositional facies and their relationships to the environmental framework. Texturally the sands tend to occur in shoaling areas of greater tidal-current activity, while the argillaceous sediments are deposited in deeper bathymetric entrapments.

Purpose:

The purpose of this data layer is to release a digital version f the data published by Moore (1963).

All attributes were entered and checked by the compilers in a consistent manner

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data.

Completeness_Report:

Sample locations and textural descriptions are provided for 150 samples.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Navigation was by line-of-sight. Navigational accuracy is unknown.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: J.R. Moore

Publication_Date: 1963

Title: Bottom Sediment Studies, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology

Issue_Identification: v. 33, no. 3, p. 511-558.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1963

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The source information was manually entered into digital form and was imported from an ASCII text file to an ArcView table. The table was later converted to an event theme in ArcView and saved as the final shapefile.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: moore63.txt

Process_Date: 20020911

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: moore63.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: moore63.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: moore63.shx

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 504-457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 150

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001

Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927

Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: moore63.dbf

Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PROJECT_ID

Attribute_Definition: Name assigned to this project for future identification.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Compiler

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: MOORE1963

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Scientist name and year of original study

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATION_ID

Attribute_Definition: Identifier assigned to each sampling site

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Numbers and characters that designate a station.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate of a sampling site

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 41.41806

Range_Domain_Maximum: 41.75694

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal Degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.00001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinate of a station

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -70.95556

Range_Domain_Maximum: -70.62639

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal Degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.00001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TEXTURE

Attribute_Definition: Verbal description of the sediment

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Verbal description of the sediment at the corresponding station.

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Textural, classification, and identifiers for the data published by Moore (1963).

Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.

The user must have a computer system with a CD-ROM available. To browse the information contained on this CD-ROM, the user must have a current WWW browser available. The user must also have software installed on their computer to unzip the archived file.

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

The data is available in ArcView shapefile format. The user must have ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data.